Recommended Read: Scott Douglas Book Excerpt on the Future of Minimalist Running Shoes: Several months back I...

Several months back I spoke on the phone with Scott Douglas, a writer and editor for Runner’s World and Running Times. My own book, Tread Lightly , had just come out, and Scott was writing a book of his own on minimalist running for Rodale Press (the publisher of Runner’s World and Running Times). We covered a lot of ground in our conversation, but one of the topics we focused on was the future of minimalist running shoes. Scott’s book was just released, and an excerpt from the book on the future of minimalism was just published on-line at Running Times . I read the excerpt this morning, and quite honestly found it to be a fascinating read (and not just because I’m quoted in it several times!). Scott weaves together interviews with a number of folks that I’ve come to know in the past few years. Joe Rubio from Running Warehouse provides his perspective on the running shoe m...